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I’ll give you a little more contextual information today since there is no diary entry.

In 1911 many families had a few general reference books–one such book generally was the Almanac and another was the Compendium of Every Day Wants: A Thousand and One Facts. The book contained information that ranged from grammar rules, to sample civil marriage forms, to recipes, explanations of who is responsible for runaway horses, and treatments for medical emergencies.

Nature demands that we oby her laws, and it is much easier and much less expensive to try, by proper care of ourselves, to retain good heatlh than it is to cure many ailments which come from abusing our bodies.

Compendium of Every Day Wants: A Thousand and One Facts

The chapter on How to Preserve Health had the following tips:

Be regular; have a certain time to go to bed and a certain time to get up–it is not the amount of sleep, but the regularity which the mind and body need.

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I’m new to the blogging world and came across your blog. I’m working my way through your posts from the beginning and am really enjoying it! How interesting that these tips on How to Preserve Health are still so relevant today. It looks similar to the tips I often read in current health magazines.

Thanks for stopping by. It is interesting how many of the tips still seem relevant. The way the tips are expressed has changed somewhat over the years, but the ideas are still the same. I’ve really enjoyed doing this blog and I look forward to reading yours.

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I look forward to sharing my grandmother's diary with relatives and friends. Helena Muffly (Swartz) kept a diary from 1911-1914. She was 15 years old when she began this diary. I plan to post these entries one day at a time—exactly 100 years after she wrote them. I hope you enjoy this glimpse back to a slower paced time.

The header is a picture of the farm where my grandmother lived when she wrote this diary. It is located in Northumberland County in central Pennsyvlania about a mile outside of McEwenvsille. My father said that the buildings look similar to what they looked like when he was a child.